Bracelet.



0. M. LEVY.

BRACELET.

APPLICATION TILED. JUNE 7, 1912.

1,079,354. Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0,, WASHINGTON. n c.

onAnLns M. Levy, on New YORK, N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 25 1913.

Application fil ed June 7, 1912. Serial No. 702,169.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. LEVY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, haveinvcnted certain new and useful Improvements in Bracelets, of which the following is a specification. a

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class of bracelets which consists of two parts hinged together and arranged to be openend and closed for the purpose of permitting them to be placed on and removed from the wrists of the wearer.

The invention relates particularly toa guard means for limiting the extent of the opening of the bracelet, to thereby protect the hinge. I

Another object of the invention is to soconstruct the guard means that it will serve as a guiding means for bringing the two free ends of the bracelet members together accurately so that the interlocking parts will be nicely engaged with each other when the bracelet is closed.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved interlocking means for se curing the two free ends of the bracelet members together, and to so construct said in-' terlo'cking parts that they may be readily placed in and secured to the bracelet members. The bracelet members are tubular and the interlocking parts and the guiding and limiting member fit within said tubular members and, of course, are wholly concealed when the bracelet members are latched or locked together.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved bracelet closed; Fig. 2 a similar view of the bracelet open; Fig. 3 a longitudinal sectional View through the interlocking parts of the bracelet member's; Fig. i a similar view the interlocking parts being disengaged from each other; Fig. 5 a detail sectional view on the line VV of Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 a detail sectional view showing the connection between the guard bar and the rigid latch plate.

Referring to the various parts by numerals, 1 and 2 designate the two bracelet members which are hinged together at 8 by any suitable form of hinge. The bracelet members 1 and 2 are preferably tubular and in the free end of the member 2 is secured a rigid latch 4 which consists of an outwardly extending central tongue 5 suitably supported by a rigid transverse plate 6, the latch, tongue and plate being preferably formed of a s ngle piece of sheet metal stamped to proper form and soldered or otherwise secured within the member 2. The outer end of the latch 4 projects outwardly slightly beyond the free end of the member 2, as shown clearly in Figs. 1, 2 and 4. Secured rigidly to the outer surface of the latch-4 is a guard or stop bar 7, said bar being provided on its outer or free end with a head 8, said head belng shown in the drawing as formed by {gelding back upon itself a portion of said an The free end of member 1 of the bracelet 1s provided with an outwardly projecting sleeve 9 said sleeve extending into the tubular member 1a suitable distance. Carried by this sleeve is a spring latch 10 which is arranged to snap into and engage the rigid latch member 4 on the bracelet member 2 when the said members are brought together to close the bracelet. The spring latch 10 is provided with a laterally extending finger piece 11 which extends outwardly through an aperture 12 in the side of the sleeve, said finger piece projecting slightly beyond the outer surface of the bracelet member and a portion thereof fitting in a slight recess 13 in the edge of the member 1. The end of member 2 is provided with a corresponding recess 13 to receive the other portion of the finger piece 11 when the two bracelet memhere are brought together as shown clearly in Fig. 1. The spring latch 10 is formed with the curved spring portion 14: whose end is turned outwardly to form a locking finger 15' which fits in an aperture in the side of the sleeve 9 directly opposite the aperture 12 through which the finger piece 11 operates. The sleeve 9 is apertured at 16 to permit the latch 4i to enter for engagement with the spring latch 10, and this aperture is extended to form the recess 17 to receive the guard bar 7. The guard bar is semi-cylindrical and the recess 17 is curved to accommodate the bar so that said guard bar slides over the spring latch 10 and reciprocates in its own recess 17. Said bar has a slight tendency to spring outwardly so that it is held tightly in its recess in the opening and closing of the bracelet. When the bracelet is opened to its extreme position the head 80f the guard bar will contact with the solid end portion of the sleeve 9 and thereby limit the outward movement of the bracelet members, In their passing the finger piece 11 outwardly through the aperture 12 and then springing inwardly the end 15 so that it may be passed into the sleeve and thence. into its aperture in said sleeve, the assembling of said latch and sleeve may be easily effected. It is also to be noted that the guide bar and rigid latch 4 are rigidly connected together so that they may be secured within the bracelet member 2 in any suitable manner. The projecting end of the sleeve 9 enters the open end of the member 2'so that it breaks the joint between the members and rigidly holds the two ends of the members in line and the adjoining edges of said members flush with each other. The end ofthe guard bar which is attached to the rigid latcht is bent inwardly to form a hook 7 which enters an aperture in plate 6 as shown clearly in Fig. 6. The guard bar is suitably soldered to the upper surface of the latch plate and the hook 7 is also sol-- dered in its aperture. By forming the hook 7 on the end of the guard bar said hook will resist all strains tending to disrupt the solder between it and the latch plate. It is manifest that said hook 7 will resist any longitudinal strains brought on the guard bar and that it will be practically impossible to break the connection between the guard bar and the latch plate in ordinary uses.

What I claim is:

1. A bracelet comprising two ,members hinged together an outwardly projecting latch carried at the free end of one of said members, an outwardly extending rigid guide and stop bar carried by said latch and provided with a head at its free end, a/sleeve se cured in the free end of the other bracelet member, a spring latch carried by said sleeve and consisting of a curved bar having a latch hook formed at one end and a finger piece adjacent said hook, the sleeve being provided with an aperture to permit said finger piece to extend outwardly therethrough, the sleeve being also provided with a recess on the opposite side thereof from the finger piece aperture to receive the end of the curved bar, the outer end of said sleeve being formed with an aperture through which the rigid latch passes to engage the spring latch and being also formed with a recess through which the guide and stop bar passes, the head on the free end of said bar being adapted to engage the end of the sleeve to limit the outward movement of the free ends of the bracelet members, the free ends of said members being provided with recesses to permit the latch finger piece to extend therethrough.

2. A bracelet comprising two members hinged together, an outwardly projecting latch carried at the free end of one of said members, a sleeve secured in the free end of the other bracelet member, a spring latch carried by said sleeve and consisting of a curved bar having a latch hook formed at one end and a finger piece adjacent said hook, said finger piece extending through an aperture in the sleeve, the other end of the curved bar fitting in a recess in the sleeve directly opposite the finger piece, the curved portion of the bar extending into the bracelet member carrying the sleeve and the latch hook lying near the outer end of the sleeve and the latch being adapted to enter said sleeve when the bracelet members are brought together, a stop bar carried by one of the bracelet members and adapted to enter the other bracelet member and serving to limit the separation of the bracelet members at their free ends.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES M. LEVY.

Witnesses:

HARRY A. BAoHMAN, NATHAN Rosnn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

